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Sony VAIO Sale Talk Signals No PC Turnaround in Sight

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February 5, 2014

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Tech giant Sony is in talks to sell off one of the PC world's top brands to a domestic buy-out fund - and investors are ecstatic, suggesting the worst may not be over for the troubled industry. Jon Gordon reports.
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